Airline Fleet News – 14th March 2023 (Updated 21st Mar)

New Deliveries

Avianca (AVA) A320N N967AV (11219) XFW to MDE

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8798Q (67786 / 8519) BFI to PHX

News

AerCap has ferried B737 MAX 8 VP-CZI (60705 / 7120) from storage at Tianjin (TSN) to Dhaka (DAC).

Air France (AFR) A220-300 F-HZUU (55213) has made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as C-FOVH.

ASL Airlines Holdings has ferried B737-8F OE-IXF (34258 / 2096) from Shannon (SNN) to Liege (LGG) after painting, prior to delivery to ASL Airlines Belgium (TAY) for operations for FedEx Express (FDX).

BBAM Aircraft Leasing has ferried B737-8 2-UTMH (34903 / 2335) from storage at Dusseldorf (DUS) to St Athan (DGX).

Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 9 N77552 (67179 / 8512) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Boeing Field (BFI).

Brussels Airlines (BEL) has ferried A320’s OO-TCQ (2114) from Brussels (BRU) to East Midlands (EMA) for painting and OO-SNL (1961) from East Midlands (EMA) to Brussels (BRU) after painting.

Cebu Pacific (CEB) has ferried A320 RP-C3272 (5442) from Manila (MNL) to Ontario (ONT) prior to delivery to Allegiant Air (AAY) as N211NV.

+ Delta Air Lines (DAL) has ferried B737-9 N939DZ (38720 / 4056) from storage at San Bernardino (SBD) and Kansas City (MCI).

EIC Aircraft Leasing has ferried ERJ-170 OE-LOC (17000093) from Francazal (QYF) to Ljubljana (LJU) prior to lease to Eastern Airways (EZE).

Eurowings Europe Malta (EWL) has taken delivery of A319 9H-EXT (5043) ex-Eurowings Europe (EWE) OE-LYV.

Everts Air Cargo (VTS) has ferried BAe 146-3F N346QT (E3186) from storage at Cranfield (QKT) to Keflavik (KEF).

+ Flybondi (FBZ) has ferried B737-8 LV-KAH (30703 / 1964) from storage at Buenos Aires (EZE) to Victorville (VCV) for repairs after a lightening strike.

Lufthansa (DLH) has ferried A321-1 D-AIRA (458) from storage at Stuttgart (STR) to Munich (MUC).

ORIX Aviation has ferried A320 EC-JGM (2407) from storage at Barcelona (BCN) to Tashkent (TAS) prior to delivery to Panorama Airways.

Pegasus (PGT) A321NX TC-RDC (11104) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZWL.

Qatar Airways (QTR) has ferried A350-900 A7-AMI (214) from storage at Doha (DIA) to Doha (DOH).

Riyadh Air, the new Saudi start-up airline has ordered 39 B787-9’s from Boeing (BOE), with a further 33 options.

Rostrum Leasing has ferried B737-3F N640RL (27713 / 2840) from storage at Sharjah (SHJ) to Prestwick (PIK).

Ryanair (RYR) has ferried B737-8 EI-DPZ (33616 / 2376) from Victorville (VCV) to Keflavik (KEF) after pickle fork repairs.

Saudia (SVA) has ordered 39 B787-8/9 aircraft from Boeing (BOE), with a further 10 options.

Transavia France (TVF) has taken delivery of B737-8 F-HUYT (37252 / 3554) on lease from ORIX Aviation, ex-TUI Airways (TOM) G-TUKN.

Transmandu (TMD) has ferried B737-4 N639CS (26-73 / 2375) from storage at Miami (OPF) to Caracas (CCS) prior to entering service as YV3542.

TUIfly (TUI) B737 MAX 8 D-AMAD (44658 / 8550) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Maintenance Flights

Austrian Airlines (AUA) has ferried A321-1 OE-LBA (552) from Tallinn (TLL) to Vienna (VIE) and ERJ-195 OE-LWJ (19000507) from Bratislava (BTS) to Vienna (VIE).

easyJet (EZY) has ferried A319’s G-EZFI (3888) from Sofia (SOF) to Gatwick (LGW) and G-EZGH (4667) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

easyJet Europe (EJU) has ferried A320 OE-IJV (7597) from Maastricht (MST) to Milan (MXP).

Finnair (FIN) has ferried ERJ-190 OH-LZN (19000252) from Helsinki (HEL) to Katowice (KTW).

SAS Link (SVS) has ferried ERJ-195 SE-RSK (19000120) from Copenhagen (CPH) to Exeter (EXT).

Saudia (SVA) has ferried A330-3 HZ-AQ26 (1797) from Jeddah (JED) to Luqa (MLA).

Sky Express (SEH) has ferried ATR 42-500 SX-SIX (544) from Sofia (SOF) to Athens (ATH).

TAP – Air Portugal (TAP) has ferried A330-900 CS-TUF (1900) from Luton (LTN) to Lisbon (LIS).